Meet the Bloggers, Part Two

By

Carl Bialik and

Elizabeth Weinstein The Wall Street Journal Online

Updated Aug. 26, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- Republican Web loggers are getting ready for their shot at posting convention news and commentary, and they say they've learned from their left-leaning counterparts' experience five weeks earlier.

At Madison Square Garden, the official blogger group will number about 15, a tiny fraction of the estimated 15,000 journalists expected, and less than half the size of the accredited Boston blogger set. "That's just the number we landed on," said convention spokeswoman Alyssa McClenning. She wouldn't discuss...